California Fig Syrup and War Food Leaflets Share Nutritional Guidance
A fragmented wartime notice discusses California Fig Syrup as a household remedy and promotes United States Food Administration leaflets on food conservation. It emphasizes cheap staples like corn meal and oats, contrasts ready-to-eat cereals with traditional grains, and urges households to prepare simple, nourishing meals amid wartime shortages with practical menus and tips.
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Gan
Sam
United States
United States Department of Tare
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America
Worthy War Aid Elevates County Agricultural Agents
In Manhattan Kansas Dean Edward C Johnson of Kansas State Agricultural College says the war crisis raises demand for county agricultural agents. He notes many counties once indifferent now ask for agents as duties expand. Canada seeks Kansas methods as Manitoba requests outlines of agent and club work. A farmer who opposed the program later acknowledges its value after witnessing neighbor success.
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Manhattan
Kan
Edward C. Johnson
Kansas State Agricultural College
Dean Jobson
United States
Canada
Dean Johnson
Manitoba Agricultural College
Kansas
Sheen
Make Your Cup ChorH Syrup snatoee loney
The finest cough syrup at money can buy costs little and can be made at home. Buy 914 ounces of Pinex for 60 cents, mix with a pint of plain granulated sugar syrup, shake, and it yields a full pint of remedy. It soothes throat membranes, loosens phlegm, and helps bronchial symptoms. Pinex is a pine extract from Norway pine.
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The
Pines Co
Ft. Wayne, Dn
101 Trains Cancelled As Pennsy Cuts Passenger Service
Philadelphia Jan 3 The Pennsylvania railroad cancelled 101 trains to clear lines for freight. The Congression al Limited to Pittsburg was cut. Changes take effect January 6. No more than one parlor car per day train on the system. Parlor cars withdrawn on the Schuylkill Division including Reading Wilkes Barre areas.
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Philadelphia
Pennsyvania Railroad
Congregenal Limited
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Schuylkill
Reading
Wilkesbuarre
Backyard poultry push aids war effort in city yards
Washington argues urban families should keep hens to boost meat and egg supplies for the war. Government urges doubling poultry production by households, noting home farming will reduce national meat demand and help feed troops and allied forces.
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Christmas Eve and Weddings Highlight Crippled Text
An OCR fragment reports Christmas Eve activities and a Creighton Missouri wedding. It mentions Mrs. Bir, Mr. and Mrs. Duke of Creighton, and Eva Gritham among attendees. The passage is garbled but notes a house gathering, Christmas week events, and family names with limited clear details.
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Biratts
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Tie Dales
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Eva Gritham
Free Gauss Combine Treatment Offer Promises Relief
An advertisement claims the Gauss Combine Treatment cures catarrh by addressing the root cause and offering a free package via return mail. It urges readers to fill a coupon within ten days to receive two thousand packaged treatments, promising quick and lasting results and free forwarding by parcel post.
American Ace Describes Lafayette Escadrille War Air Tactics
Famous American flyer Ser. Jeant Walter Lovell of the Lafayette Escadrille recalls German shrapnel gunners’ tricks and decoy planes. He notes the peril of smoke bombs and predicted enemy marks with Spad chasers and high wind challenges. He describes training the eye to spot Boches and the dangers of forced landings during combat reconnaissance duties.
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Paris
London
Jan
Bocie
Jeant Walter Lovell
Lafayette Escadille
Tyne
Alors
Boston
A. Willis
Exult in Middle Age Says Chicago Examiner
The Chicago Examiner urges embracing middle age as a dignified phase with less pain and more pleasure than youth. It argues aging can be life’s holiday if one prepares, forbidding apologies and promoting a positive, triumphant view of aging.
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Peetra
Bilien Ss
Chicago Examiner
Evolution of the Almond a Peach Transformation
Evolution of the Almond traces the fruit's history from a bitter green outer layer to a cultivated edible internal form, noting how centuries of selection and cultivation have turned the almond into the luscious peach.
Keep Track of Expenses In Business
A compact note emphasizes keeping expense accounts for each line of business to foster accountability. It argues thorough review reduces entries and deters careless spending, framing unwatched costs as a drain on family finances. It contrasts practical budgeting with broader notions of joy as a universal, nonstrained good.
Glycerine mixture advertised to prevent appendicitis
Lawrence readers are urged to use a Adlerika style glycerine and buckthorn bark mix claimed to flush the entire bowel with one spoonful. The ad asserts instant relief of sour stomach fast and prevents appendicitis, citing Dick Brothers Drugists at 747 Mass Street.
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Adler
What Is Truth in a Local Sermon Debate
A local minister in Los Angeles discussed the old question What is truth during a discourse to his congregation. The Times notes that many have debated the theme for centuries and that people often cling to abstract notions to avoid facing vital issues while Vilate posed What is truth without awaiting an answer.
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Los Angeles
Ruth
Vilate
Keeping Expenses Down
The text stresses controlling overhead as crucial to profit. It likens personal management to business, warning that rising personal expenses can erode income. It cites better clothes and social costs as drains, asserting disciplined individuals who regulate their personal spending are valuable to any organization.
Fireproof Paper Claim in Asbestos Fibers Ink
Report describes fireproof paper made from asbestos fiber with inks from iron and cobalt nitrates. Juive survived two hours of red heat with no damage, with damage only appearing after ten hours. Further testing is anticipated to perfect practically indestructible fireproof paper and ink.
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Juive
Blittering Genius Debates Potato Bug Plot
A quirky dialogue imagines a plan to starve Germany by spreading potato bugs. An editor notes the idea as a mock unmethylantic scheme involving aviators and bugs, proposing billions of pests to cripple potato crops and hinder war effort.
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Germany
Potatoields
Pape's Diapepsin Stomach Relief Ad
An old advertisement promises quick relief from indigestion gas sour stomach and heartburn with Pape's Diapepsin. It claims five minute relief neutralizes excess acid improves digestion and ends sour belching nausea and headaches. A fifty cent case is recommended for family use.
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Pape
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